Nicholas Pleace
@nicholaspleace.bsky.social
Interdisciplinary researcher, homelessness/social justice, School for Business and Society, University of York; Independent research and consultancy https://pure.york.ac.uk/portal/en/persons/nicholas-pleace
www.routledge.com/The-Routledg... Pleased to have a chapter by myself and Joanne Bretherton in this new @routledgebooks.bsky.social Handbook of Home edited by Elaine Stratford and Katie Walsh, who invited us to contribute following our work on the @routledgebooks.bsky.social Handbook on Homelessness
The Routledge Handbook of Home
This global, critical, and interdisciplinary handbook rethinks home as a material, emotional, and geopolitical site. It examines housing, displacement, domesticity, climate, care and the intimate labo...
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November 6, 2025 at 9:19 AM
www.routledge.com/The-Routledg... Pleased to have a chapter by myself and Joanne Bretherton in this new @routledgebooks.bsky.social Handbook of Home edited by Elaine Stratford and Katie Walsh, who invited us to contribute following our work on the @routledgebooks.bsky.social Handbook on Homelessness
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Latest from me: on what Liverpool says about the housing crisis, and the uneasy state of politics www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
A waiting list of thousands, and just five new homes for social rent: this city shows the depth of Britain’s housing crisis | John Harris
Liverpool was once praised for its tolerance, but housing shortages are driving fearful, unsettling behaviours – and people are blaming outsiders, says Guardian columnist John Harris
www.theguardian.com
October 19, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Latest from me: on what Liverpool says about the housing crisis, and the uneasy state of politics www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... this from @johnharris1969.bsky.social encapsulates where we are with homelessness and what is and has been for many years a full blown crisis in the housing system very clearly and comprehensively.
A waiting list of thousands, and just five new homes for social rent: this city shows the depth of Britain’s housing crisis | John Harris
Liverpool was once praised for its tolerance, but housing shortages are driving fearful, unsettling behaviours – and people are blaming outsiders, says Guardian columnist John Harris
www.theguardian.com
October 19, 2025 at 12:30 PM
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... this from @johnharris1969.bsky.social encapsulates where we are with homelessness and what is and has been for many years a full blown crisis in the housing system very clearly and comprehensively.
Some great presentations on the second day of the FEANTSA European Research Conference organised by the European Observatory on Homelessness. Hearing about family homelessness, evictions and emergency accommodation in Spain, France and the Netherlands this morning.
September 19, 2025 at 10:14 AM
Some great presentations on the second day of the FEANTSA European Research Conference organised by the European Observatory on Homelessness. Hearing about family homelessness, evictions and emergency accommodation in Spain, France and the Netherlands this morning.
We’re about to commence the 19th European homelessness research conference in Utrecht organised by the FEANTSA European Observatory on Homelessness looking forward to a great couple of days about the latest and greatest homelessness research.
September 18, 2025 at 9:46 AM
We’re about to commence the 19th European homelessness research conference in Utrecht organised by the FEANTSA European Observatory on Homelessness looking forward to a great couple of days about the latest and greatest homelessness research.
www.crisis.org.uk/ending-homel... New report on @crisis-uk.bsky.social Housing First led by Imogen Blood and I’m also one of the co-authors.
Crisis Housing First in London and Newcastle: Final Evaluation
An inability to access affordable and suitable housing causes homelessness as well as sustaining it.
www.crisis.org.uk
September 15, 2025 at 5:36 PM
www.crisis.org.uk/ending-homel... New report on @crisis-uk.bsky.social Housing First led by Imogen Blood and I’m also one of the co-authors.
www.feantsaresearch.org/public/user/... An interesting review of the Routledge Handbook of Homelessness by Joe Doherty in the @feantsa.bsky.social European Journal of Homelessness, makes some fair points around gaps (acknowledging we could not cover everything) see if we go to 2nd Edition...
www.feantsaresearch.org
August 27, 2025 at 1:43 PM
www.feantsaresearch.org/public/user/... An interesting review of the Routledge Handbook of Homelessness by Joe Doherty in the @feantsa.bsky.social European Journal of Homelessness, makes some fair points around gaps (acknowledging we could not cover everything) see if we go to 2nd Edition...
youtu.be/57LR2b_6Ezo?... Me talking to my colleague Imogen Blood about Housing First and matters arising from it, on Youtube and wherever you get your podcasts.
Housing First with Nicholas Pleace
YouTube video by Imogen Blood
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July 24, 2025 at 1:19 PM
youtu.be/57LR2b_6Ezo?... Me talking to my colleague Imogen Blood about Housing First and matters arising from it, on Youtube and wherever you get your podcasts.
Great to be at the launch of the new City of York Council homelessness strategy which has involved collaboration with myself and other colleagues working in homelessness research at @uoysbs.bsky.social
July 17, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Great to be at the launch of the new City of York Council homelessness strategy which has involved collaboration with myself and other colleagues working in homelessness research at @uoysbs.bsky.social
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At the Tourism Our Voice conference organised by The Good Organisation. York has an enormous tourist industry and there’s huge potential to tackle issues like homelessness through ethical, social and sustainable tourism.
July 3, 2025 at 9:41 AM
At the Tourism Our Voice conference organised by The Good Organisation. York has an enormous tourist industry and there’s huge potential to tackle issues like homelessness through ethical, social and sustainable tourism.
www.gov.uk/government/n... 180,000 new social homes by 2029 in England (most of the investment backloaded). Ok. Good. Social housing completions 1947-50 - 521,790 - notice the difference in ambition (source: Indicators of UK House Building: Permanent dwellings started and completed, Table 3b, ONS).
Hundreds of thousands to get secure roof over their heads
Government sets out ambitions for a social rent revolution through the new £39 billion Social and Affordable Homes Programme.
www.gov.uk
July 2, 2025 at 10:05 AM
www.gov.uk/government/n... 180,000 new social homes by 2029 in England (most of the investment backloaded). Ok. Good. Social housing completions 1947-50 - 521,790 - notice the difference in ambition (source: Indicators of UK House Building: Permanent dwellings started and completed, Table 3b, ONS).
At the final meeting of the Ingenious project ingenious.york.ac.uk which is led by Prof Nic Carslaw, on indoor air quality, strong evidence of associations between poor indoor air quality and deprivation and evidence showing the extent of fuel poverty.
June 30, 2025 at 9:20 AM
At the final meeting of the Ingenious project ingenious.york.ac.uk which is led by Prof Nic Carslaw, on indoor air quality, strong evidence of associations between poor indoor air quality and deprivation and evidence showing the extent of fuel poverty.
Pleased to be in Bremen for another meeting of the European Observatory on Homelessness working with @feantsa.bsky.social preparing a new book on European homelessness, the research conference in Utrecht (www.feantsaresearch.org) and European comparative research on migrant homelessness.
June 28, 2025 at 9:47 AM
Pleased to be in Bremen for another meeting of the European Observatory on Homelessness working with @feantsa.bsky.social preparing a new book on European homelessness, the research conference in Utrecht (www.feantsaresearch.org) and European comparative research on migrant homelessness.
About to do my bit for Social and Political Sciences and Social Policy at the @york.ac.uk and @uoysbs.bsky.social open days, which are today and tomorrow
June 21, 2025 at 7:28 AM
About to do my bit for Social and Political Sciences and Social Policy at the @york.ac.uk and @uoysbs.bsky.social open days, which are today and tomorrow
www.imogenblood.co.uk/_files/ugd/7... Great to have had the chance to work on this new, I hope very accessible, guidance on Housing First Fidelity with my long-standing colleagues Imogen Blood and @anitabirchall.bsky.social
June 19, 2025 at 2:22 PM
www.imogenblood.co.uk/_files/ugd/7... Great to have had the chance to work on this new, I hope very accessible, guidance on Housing First Fidelity with my long-standing colleagues Imogen Blood and @anitabirchall.bsky.social
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Great to be working with the @epochpractice.bsky.social team @feantsa.bsky.social on this series of research digests designed to support good practice in the European Platform on Combatting Homelessness across all 27 EU Member States.
Great to be working with the @epochpractice.bsky.social team @feantsa.bsky.social on this series of research digests designed to support good practice in the European Platform on Combatting Homelessness across all 27 EU Member States.
June 19, 2025 at 2:18 PM
www.feantsa.org/public/user/...
Great to be working with the @epochpractice.bsky.social team @feantsa.bsky.social on this series of research digests designed to support good practice in the European Platform on Combatting Homelessness across all 27 EU Member States.
Great to be working with the @epochpractice.bsky.social team @feantsa.bsky.social on this series of research digests designed to support good practice in the European Platform on Combatting Homelessness across all 27 EU Member States.
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Join SEI and partners on June 23 at 1:00 PM for a powerful #LCAW2025 webinar on indoor air quality and its implications for net zero and public health.
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#ClimateWeek #CleanAirDay
June 18, 2025 at 10:06 AM
🌬️ Discover why indoor air matters!
Join SEI and partners on June 23 at 1:00 PM for a powerful #LCAW2025 webinar on indoor air quality and its implications for net zero and public health.
Register 👉 buff.ly/EJyKwbN
#ClimateWeek #CleanAirDay
Join SEI and partners on June 23 at 1:00 PM for a powerful #LCAW2025 webinar on indoor air quality and its implications for net zero and public health.
Register 👉 buff.ly/EJyKwbN
#ClimateWeek #CleanAirDay
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We spend the majority of our lives indoors - at home, school, or work. The quality of air we breathe in these environments is often overlooked, but it plays a crucial role in our health and well-being.
Hear from the INGENIOUS project scientists...
www.londonclimateactionweek.org/event/pan-on...
Hear from the INGENIOUS project scientists...
www.londonclimateactionweek.org/event/pan-on...
Events - London Climate Action Week
Discover climate summits, forums, workshops, and more during London Climate Action Week — a city-wide celebration of climate action and awareness.
www.londonclimateactionweek.org
June 13, 2025 at 9:07 AM
We spend the majority of our lives indoors - at home, school, or work. The quality of air we breathe in these environments is often overlooked, but it plays a crucial role in our health and well-being.
Hear from the INGENIOUS project scientists...
www.londonclimateactionweek.org/event/pan-on...
Hear from the INGENIOUS project scientists...
www.londonclimateactionweek.org/event/pan-on...
on.ft.com/3HERLIf England’s social housing funds ‘less generous’ than £39bn settlement suggests Rather depressing, a money later rather than sooner approach, alongside it not being £39bn for social housing, which it really should be.
England’s social housing funds ‘less generous’ than £39bn settlement suggests
Analysis indicates spending of about £3bn a year until 2029, similar to AHP’s money for current financial year
on.ft.com
June 12, 2025 at 4:19 PM
on.ft.com/3HERLIf England’s social housing funds ‘less generous’ than £39bn settlement suggests Rather depressing, a money later rather than sooner approach, alongside it not being £39bn for social housing, which it really should be.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Important and innovative work from my former CHP colleague Becky Tunstall showing again how housing costs and insecurity are at the root of mass poverty, misery and precarity in the UK
Important and innovative work from my former CHP colleague Becky Tunstall showing again how housing costs and insecurity are at the root of mass poverty, misery and precarity in the UK
‘Stress crisis’ in UK as 5m struggle with financial, health and housing insecurity
Exclusive: Levels of ‘multi-stress’ at highest since 2008 crash, study says, with people feeling profoundly powerless
www.theguardian.com
June 6, 2025 at 5:07 AM
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Important and innovative work from my former CHP colleague Becky Tunstall showing again how housing costs and insecurity are at the root of mass poverty, misery and precarity in the UK
Important and innovative work from my former CHP colleague Becky Tunstall showing again how housing costs and insecurity are at the root of mass poverty, misery and precarity in the UK
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These stats are a tragedy. We need to build more family sized social homes to avoid under fives having to live in temporary accommodation www.insidehousing.co.uk/insight/how-...
How many toddlers and babies are living in temporary accommodation in the UK?
Inside Housing’s latest quarterly update to its live data dashboard reveals the numbers of households with children aged under five living in temporary accommodation and B&Bs
www.insidehousing.co.uk
May 14, 2025 at 10:36 AM
These stats are a tragedy. We need to build more family sized social homes to avoid under fives having to live in temporary accommodation www.insidehousing.co.uk/insight/how-...
endhomelessness.org/wp-content/u... This is staggering from the US @naehomelessness.bsky.social imagine almost every UK homeless system and service being switched off overnight, this is what may happen in the US
May 8, 2025 at 7:43 PM
endhomelessness.org/wp-content/u... This is staggering from the US @naehomelessness.bsky.social imagine almost every UK homeless system and service being switched off overnight, this is what may happen in the US
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/04/n... How unfortunate that cracks are appearing in an ultra thin apartment skyscraper on New York’s billionaire’s row, thankfully we can rest easy knowing the residents have a couple of dozen homes each that they can flee to.
Luxury Condo Owners Accuse Builders of Hiding Dangerous Defects
In a lawsuit, the condo board at 432 Park Avenue says the city and potential residents were not told about the severity of early cracks in the supertall building’s exterior.
www.nytimes.com
May 5, 2025 at 9:32 AM
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/04/n... How unfortunate that cracks are appearing in an ultra thin apartment skyscraper on New York’s billionaire’s row, thankfully we can rest easy knowing the residents have a couple of dozen homes each that they can flee to.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025... An appalling human cost and financial waste, and this has been happening for years and years, see this from ‘16 by my colleague Julie Rugg: eprints.whiterose.ac.uk/id/eprint/95...
Private landlords and hotels ‘cashing in’ on England’s hidden homelessness crisis
Exclusive: Half of local authorities charged double by private providers for temporary housing, investigation finds
www.theguardian.com
April 28, 2025 at 6:45 AM
www.theguardian.com/society/2025... An appalling human cost and financial waste, and this has been happening for years and years, see this from ‘16 by my colleague Julie Rugg: eprints.whiterose.ac.uk/id/eprint/95...